Agriculture & Related Industries

This pioneering collection of essays brings together a description and analysis of women workers and the socio-economic systems of plantations worl...

The Evolution of Agrarian Institutions studies the unexpectedly slow and uneven growth of private agriculture in postsocialist East-Central Europe....

This pioneering collection of essays brings together a description and analysis of women workers and the socio-economic systems of plantations worl...

In Free Trade and Freedom, Karla Slocum reminds us that, despite current efforts at global integration, local and nationally-defined places continu...

Make sure your crops are market-ready with the aid of harvest and post-harvest mechanization Medicinal and Aromatic Crops presents harvest and post...

Make sure your crops are market-ready with the aid of harvest and post-harvest mechanization Medicinal and Aromatic Crops presents harvest and post...

The Confédération Paysanne, one of France's largest farmers' unions, has successfully fought against genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but unl...

The Confédération Paysanne, one of France's largest farmers' unions, has successfully fought against genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but unl...

This book addresses the dynamics of China's grain production, consumption and trade with a particular emphasis on China's demand for feedgrain vis-...

Geographies of Us: Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages is the first edited collection in the field of ecosomatics.With a combination of essays and...

Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair O...

Geographies of Us: Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages is the first edited collection in the field of ecosomatics.With a combination of essays and...

There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel's, and a powerful man was behind it: V.E. "Manny" Shwab. Until now, virtually nothi...

Over the past century, the banana industry has radically transformed Latin America and the Caribbean and become a major site of United States–Latin...

The decision to initiate a High Tide of agricultural co-operativisation in 1955 in China, is documented in this text. The social impact, policy con...

Over the past century, the banana industry has radically transformed Latin America and the Caribbean and become a major site of United States–Latin...

First published in 1982. In this volume we present a collection of original papers, edited by Arvind N. Das, on agrarian movements in the populous ...

Of the several forces reshaping West African rural societies and economies in the post-colonial period, one of the most pervasive is the rapid grow...

The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these cash inflows may serve...

First published in 1982. In this volume we present a collection of original papers, edited by Arvind N. Das, on agrarian movements in the populous ...

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications...

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications...

Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically in the last two hundred years. Economic transformation marked by the expansion of the ind...

This book identifies the main challenges Chinese agriculture is confronting and considers how these challenges might be met. The performance of Chi...

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the ...

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the ...

This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based...

During the Great Depression, with thousands on bread lines, farmers were instructed by the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Act to produce less foo...

Geographic books routinely introduce map projections without providing mathematical explanations of projections and few delve into complex mathemat...

The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked...

Microlivestock is a term coined for species that are inherently small as well as for breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs that are less than ab...